zhè
sugar cane
Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 庶 represents the sound.
Components
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 蔗
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
sugar cane | ||
cane sugar | ||
sugar cane | ||
sugar cane farmer | ||
bagasse (sugar cane waste) |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*tAk-s | tsyaeH | zhè | sugarcane |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3945th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 14 |
Unicode | U+8517 |
Shuowen | “蔗，藷蔗也。从艸，庶聲。” |
Sources
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